Can I get any STIs from using toilet paper that came into contact with my genitals?

Doctor's Answer

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Dr Paul Ang

General Practitioner

I would not say that it is impossible, just because I have never seen it before.

But medically speaking, it is next to impossible. That is unless the toilet paper looks like it is full of pus and bodily fluids.

Otherwise most of these viruses and bacteria are actually quite fragile, they do not survive in the open air for long.

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